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Greater Southern Oregon; including Josephine, Jackson, and Douglas Counties
Teresa Jean Miller
Oct 29, 2018
Teresa J. Miller, 89 years old, passed away peacefully and surrounded by family on October 29, 2018, at the Autumn House in Grants Pass, Oregon. She was born in Tracy, California, the daughter of first generation Italian immigrants, Palmer and Teresa Zottola. She graduated from Grants Pass High School in 1946, and Marylhurst College in 1950. Teresa started her teaching...
Maryann E. Eggerman
Oct 29, 2018
Mary Ann E. Eggerman, age 74, of Rogue River, died October 29, 2018 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center. Mary Ann was born September 19, 1944 in Boise, Idaho to Lawrence & Marion Murphy. She grew up in the Baker, Oregon area and attended Catholic schools. She then married and had five children while working on different farms. She later...
Wanda Mae Hatfield
Oct 28, 2018
Wanda Mae Hatfield, 91, of Grants Pass, OR, passed to her eternal home in Heaven on Sunday, October 28, 2018. She was born (an identical twin) on April 18, 1927 to Albert and Edith Black in Amarillo, TX; the youngest of 5. Shortly after her birth, the family relocated to Glidden, Iowa where Wanda and her twin, Wanita grew up...
Edgar W. Thompson
Oct 28, 2018
Edgar W. Thompson, age 87, of Grants Pass, died October 28, 2018 in Springfield. Edgar was born August 11, 1931 in Covington, Kentucky to Edgar & Marjorie Thompson. As his parents were crop pickers, the family frequently moved. He joined the United States Air Force and served as a jet mechanic. On October 16, 1955 in Las Vegas, Nevada he...
David William Mcmullen
Oct 25, 2018
David William McMullen, age 60, of Rogue River, died October 25, 2018 at his home. A memorial service will be at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, November 1, 2018 at Hull & Hull Funeral Directors.
Debbie Lynn Muse
Oct 25, 2018
Debbie Lynn Muse, age 60, of Grants Pass, died October 25, 2018 at Providence Medford Medical Center. No services are planned.
Sandra Lee Powell
Oct 25, 2018
Sandra Lee Powell, age 76, of Selma, died October 25, 2018 at her home. A memorial service that was previously planned has been canceled. A full obituary will be posted at a later date.
Mary Lou Lester
Oct 21, 2018
Mary Lou Lester, age 86, of Grants Pass, died October 21, 2018 at Highland House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. Arrangements are pending.
Christine Kay Langston
Oct 21, 2018
Christine Kay Langston was born on March 5, 1949 in Portland, Oregon, then moved to Grants Pass where she graduated in 1967. She went on to college after which she spent many years working in accounting for Freightliner. After an early retirement, she moved to Oklahoma to be with her daughter, Deana, who she had reunited with after 30 years,...
Stella Kathryn Stow
Oct 17, 2018
Stella Kathryn Stow, age 82, of Grants Pass, died October 17, 2018 at her home. Stella was born October 7, 1936 in Eden, Idaho to Pinkney & Birdie Freel. At six weeks old she moved with her family first to Blythe, California then to Livingston, California. During World War II the family lived in Richmond, California before moving to Kerby,...
Mary Lowe
Oct 16, 2018
From the Final Pen of Mary Lowe To My Beloved Community, I am pleased to inform you all that I have passed on to be with my husband Bill Lowe on October 16, 2018. I passed peacefully surrounded by my loving family. I was born to Ida and Walter Wheeless in Granite, Oklahoma on August 27, 1933. We had a...
Gary Kent Dye
Oct 13, 2018
Gary Kent Dye, 78, a resident of Grants Pass, Oregon, for approximately 9 years passed away on October 13, 2018. Gary was the son of Harold & Duane Dye and was born in St. Joseph, Mo. He had one sister, Linda Rudd who resides in FL. He was happily married to his soul mate and love of his life, Theresa...
Rick W. Woolsey
Oct 12, 2018
Rick W. Woolsey, age 43, of Grants Pass, died October 12, 2018 at his home. Rick was born in 1975 in Grants Pass. He grew up in Grants Pass and graduated from Grants Pass High School in 1993. After graduating, he joined the United States Navy where he served for 14 years. After one year in the Navy, he married...
Ryan Ernest Campbell
Oct 10, 2018
Ryan Ernest Campbell, age 38, died unexpectedly Wednesday, October 10, 2018. Ryan was born December 11, 1979 in Los Angeles, California. Shortly after his birth, his family moved to Grants Pass, Oregon where he started school and later moved to Prospect where he graduated from high school in 1998. He went on to attend ITT Electronics in Portland, Oregon until...
Geraldine "Jerry" Heater
Oct 8, 2018
Geraldine “Jerry” Heater Jan 24, 1933 – Oct 8, 2018 Jerry was born in Mesa, Arizona on January 24, 1933 to Charlie and Bertha Newell. Her parents moved the family to Grants Pass in 1943. She married Sherman Heater on May 24, 1951. Over the next eight years, four sons, Gary, Dan, Kurt and Russ were added to this young...
Marian May Smith
Oct 4, 2018
Marian May Smith, age 82, of Grants Pass, died Thursday, October 4, 2018 at her daughter’s home. Born November 30, 1935 to Philip and Sadie Blood in Spirit Lake Idaho. Marian grew up the middle child of a 'bakers dozen'. She often spoke of the hard work that came from being in a large family and having to sleep multiple...
Ronald Raymond "Ray" Kalista
Oct 3, 2018
Ronald Raymond “Ray” Kalista, age 87, of Central Point, died Wednesday, October 3, 2018 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center in Medford. Ray was born to Edwin and Edna (Knab) Kalista on March 16, 1931 in Toledo, Washington where he grew up one of 15 children. He attended school in Toledo and when he was in junior high he went...
Dr. Mitchell "Mitch" Moos
Oct 3, 2018
Dr. Mitchell “Mitch” Moos, age 79, of Grants Pass, died October 3, 2018 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center. Mitchell was born in Poland in the then Polish city of Lwow on January 1, 1939, the only son of Jozef and Marianna Moos. The family miraculously survived the horrors and deprivations of World War II, and emigrated to the United...
George C. Bell
Oct 3, 2018
George C. Bell was born on April 7, 1936 in Hawthorn, Nevada. He was the eldest son of George Franklin Bell and Adella Loretta Bush. The Bell family moved to Cave Junction, Oregon in 1946 when he was ten years old. George graduated from Illinois Valley High School in 1954 and attended Shasta Community College/College of the Redwoods where he...
Richard Christopher Stuart
Sep 30, 2018
Richard Christopher Stuart Hometown at Death: Grants Pass, Or Since: 2016 Moved From: Tavares, FL On Sunday Sept 30, 2018, Richard Christopher Stuart, originally from Medfield, MA, passed away at the age of 76, after a long battle with heart disease. He will be sorrowfully missed by his three children: Bonnie Bailey, Richard Christopher Stuart, Jr, and Stephanie Watson, grandchildren:...
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